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Commonwealth Journal is a weekly half-hour public affairs program from WUMB and UMass Boston. Host Anna Fisher-Pinkert interviews politicians, artists, scientists and academics about issues that affect Massachusetts and New England.

WUMB Radio/UMass Boston


    • Jun 5, 2017 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 26m AVG DURATION
    • 372 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Commonwealth Journal

    Boston's "Invisible Billionaire

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2017 29:21


    Guest: Gerald Chan

    invisible billionaires
    When Poetry Meets Politics

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2017 28:42


    Guest: Jill McDonough, poet

    politics poetry
    Family Secrets Surface in The Salt House

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2017 28:01


    Guest: Lisa Duffy

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    How Civic Deserts Alienate Youth

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2017 29:47


    Guests: Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg and Felicia Sullivan

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    Hugo Nominee Max Gladstone and the Rules of Magic

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2017 29:01


    Guest: Max Gladstone

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    Barbara Lynch: Boston’s Master Chef

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2017 29:36


    Guest: Barbara Lynch

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    Knights, Dragons and One Epic Tale

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2017 29:17


    Guests: M.T. Anderson

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    What's Next for the Labor Movement?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2017 30:09


    Guests: Steve Striffler, Director of the UMass Boston Labor Resource Center, and Steven Tolman, President of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO

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    Redefining Family in The Guys Next Door

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2017 29:01


    Guests: Amy Geller and Allie Humenuk

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    From Solitary to the Stage

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2017 29:48


    Julia Steele Allen, Activist, Playwright, and Performer

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    Asian Americans in Politics

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2017 29:43


    Guest: Paul Watanabe, Director of the Institute for Asian American Studies, UMass Boston

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    Untangling Middle East Foreign Policy

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2017 28:56


    Guest: Leila Farsakh, professor of political science, UMass Boston

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    Climate Change: How We Know What We Know

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2017 29:07


    Guest: Robyn Hannigan, Dean of UMass Boston's School for the Environment

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    We're Not Gonna Take It: Politics and Protest

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2017 29:26


    Guest: Erin O'Brien, Chair, Political Science Department, UMass Boston

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    The Politics of Anger

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2017 28:43


    Guest: Michael Milburn, psychologist and author of Raised to Rage: The Politics of Anger and the Roots of Authoritarianism

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    Mel King Still Believes in a Rainbow Coalition

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2017 29:36


    Guest: Mel King, activist and former state legislator

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    After Trauma, Can Mindfulness Help?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2017 29:01


    Guest: Stephanie Hartwell, sociologist Interviewed by Anna Fisher-Pinkert

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    Menstruation Mythbusting

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2017 29:24


    Guest: Chris Bobel, Associate Professor of Women's and Gender Studies at UMass Boston Interviewed by: Anna Fisher-Pinkert

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    Climate Change: How We Know What We Know

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2017 29:08


    Guest:  Robyn Hannigan, Dean of UMass Boston's School for the Environment Interviewed by: Anna Fisher-Pinkert

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    From City Hall to the Senate Floor: Women of Color Are Ready to Run

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2017 28:53


    Guest: Carol Hardy-Fanta  Interviewed by: Anna Fisher-Pinkert

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    Monumental

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2017 29:25


    Guest: James Young  Interviewed by: Anna Fisher-Pinkert

    monumental
    Eyes In the Sky: Drones In the Military

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2017 28:52


    Guest: Sonia Kennebeck  Interviewed by: Anna Fisher-Pinkert

    military drones
    The Best and Worst of Pop Culture

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2016 28:38


    Guest: Rachel Rubin  Interviewed by: Anna Fisher-Pinkert

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    Cozy Up With a Good Book & a Danish Prince

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2016 29:41


    Guest: Molly Booth  Interviewed by: Anna Fisher-Pinkert

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    Out of Many, One? Immigration in American History

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2016 29:01


    Guest: Monica Pelayo  Interviewed by: Anna-Fisher Pinkert

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    In the Crosshairs: Why Mass Shootings Happen

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2016 29:53


    Guest: Louis Klaveras  Interviewed by: Anna Fisher-Pinkert

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    Racism, Fear and Getting Help

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2016 28:38


    Guest: Tahirah Abdullah  Interviewed by: Anna Fisher-Pinkert

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    Getting On and Staying Put

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2016 28:44


    Guest: Jan Mutchler   Interviewed by: Anna Fisher-Pinkert

    interview staying put
    Veterans' Stories In Their Own Words

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2016 28:01


    Guests: Charles McGee, George Hardy: Veteran Tuskegee Airmen and  Jean Rhodes Professor Interviewed By: Anna Fisher-Pinkert

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    Monumental

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2016 29:25


    Guest: James Young, Juror for 9/11 Memorial Design competition Interviewed by: Anna Fisher Pinkert

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    A Night At the Opera

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2016 29:01


    Guest:  Lloyd Schwartz  Interviewed by: Anna Fisher-Pinkert

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    Undocumented and Undaunted

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2016 29:10


    Guest: Angy Rivera  Interviewed By: Anna Fisher-Pinkert

    undocumented undaunted
    A First Lady's Second Love

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2016 29:01


    Guest: Susan Quinn   Interviewed by: Anna Fisher-Pinkert

    Power Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2016 29:00


    Guest: David Cash, Dean of McCormack Graduate School  Interviewed by: Anna Fisher-Pinkert

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    A Look Inside Chinese Orphanages

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2016 29:12


    Guest: Leslie Wang   Interviewed by: Anna Fisher-Pinkert

    interview chinese look inside orphanages
    Our Urban Future

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2016 29:54


    Guest: Ken Reardon  Interviewed by: Anna Fisher-Pinkert

    urban future
    Boston's Hip Hop Heritage

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2016 30:05


    Guest: Pacey Foster,  UMass Boston Professor of Business Management   Interviewed By: Anna Fisher-Pinkert

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    For the Birds

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2016 29:01


    Guest: Neil Hayward  Interviewed by: Anna Fisher-Pinkert

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    Out of Office

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2016 29:01


    guest: Randy Albelda  Interviewed by: Anna Fisher-Pinkert

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    Gender Equality in Tech

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2016 29:07


    Guests: Banu Ozkazanc-Pan  and Tom Hopcroft   Interviewed by: Anna Fisher-Pinkert

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    The Women Who Rocked NASA

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2016 29:01


    Guest: Nathalia Holt  Interviewed by: Anna Fisher-Pinkert

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    Seth Moulton

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2016 29:26


    Guest: Seth Moulton  Interviewed by: Anna Fisher-Pinkert

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    An Advocate for Peace

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2016 29:01


    Guest: Padraig O'Malley, peacemaker and professor of Peace and Reconciliation at Umass Boston Interviewed by: Anna Fisher-Pinkert

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    Life After Prison in Beyond the Wall

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2016 29:01


    Guest: Bestor Cram director of Beyond the Wall Interviewed by: Anna Fisher-Pinkert

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    Digging Into Boston's Past

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2016 29:07


    Guest: Joe Bagley, City of Boston archaeologist Interviewed by: Anna Fisher-Pinkert  

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    When I'm 67

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2016 29:00


    Guest: Christian Weller author of Retirement on the Rocks Interviewed: by Anna Fisher-Pinkert

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    Are we Teaching Science Wrong?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2016 29:07


    Guest: Arthur Eiesnkraft, Director of the Center Science and Math in Context (Cosmic) at Umass Boston Interviewd by: Anna Fisher-Pinkert

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    Stormy Weather Ahead

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2016 29:01


    Ellen Douglass, Associate Professor of Hydrology at Umass Boston interviewed by Anna Fisher-Pinkert

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    The State of Transgender Rights in Massachusetts

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2016 29:01


    Guest: Mason Dunn, Educator and activist Interviewed by: Anna Fisher-Pinkert

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    Gender Equality in Tech

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2016 29:07


    Guests: Banu Ozkazanc-Pan, Management Professor and Tom Hopkroft, MassTLC President and CEO Interviewed by: Anna Fisher-Pinkert

    interview tech gender equality management professor
    Women Who Rocked NASA

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2016 29:01


    Guest: Nathalia Holt, Author of Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us from Missles to the Moon Interviewed By: Anna Fisher-Pinkert

    women nasa rocked missles

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